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1Prabhaatee, First Mehla, Dakhnee:

2Ahalyaa was the wife of Gautam the seer. Seeing her, Indra was enticed.

3When he received a thousand marks of disgrace on his body, then he felt regret in his mind. ||1||

4O Siblings of Destiny, no one knowingly makes mistakes.

5He alone is mistaken, whom the Lord Himself makes so. He alone understands, whom the Lord causes to understand. ||1||Pause||

6Harichand, the king and ruler of his land, did not appreciate the value of his pre-ordained destiny.

7If he had known that it was a mistake, he would not have made such a show of giving in charity, and he would not have been sold in the market. ||2||

8The Lord took the form of a dwarf, and asked for some land.

9If Bal the king has recognized Him, he would not have been deceived, and sent to the underworld. ||3||

10Vyaas taught and warned the king Janmayjaa not to do three things.

11But he performed the sacred feast and killed eighteen Brahmins; the record of one's past deeds cannot be erased. ||4||

12I do not try to calculate the account; I accept the Hukam of God's Command. I speak with intuitive love and respect.

13No matter what happens, I will praise the Lord. It is all Your Glorious Greatness, O Lord. ||5||

14The Gurmukh remains detached; filth never attaches itself to him. He remains forever in God's Sanctuary.

15The foolish self-willed manmukh does not think of the future; he is overtaken by pain, and then he regrets. ||6||

16The Creator who created this creation acts, and causes all to act.

17O Lord, egotistical pride does not depart from the soul. Falling into egotistical pride, one is ruined. ||7||

18Everyone makes mistakes; only the Creator does not make mistakes.

19O Nanak, salvation comes through the True Name. By Guru's Grace, one is released. ||8||4||

20Prabhaatee, First Mehla:

21To chant and listen to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is my Support.

22Worthless entanglements are ended and gone.

23The self-willed manmukh, caught in duality, loses his honor.

24Except for the Name, I have no other at all. ||1||

25Listen, O blind, foolish, idiotic mind.

26Aren't you ashamed of your comings and goings in reincarnation? Without the Guru, you shall drown, over and over again. ||1||Pause||

27This mind is ruined by its attachment to Maya.

28The Command of the Primal Lord is pre-ordained. Before whom should I cry?

29Only a few, as Gurmukh, understand this.

30Without the Naam, no one is liberated. ||2||

31People wander lost, staggering and stumbling through 8.4 million incarnations.

32Without knowing the Guru, they cannot escape the noose of Death.

33This mind, from one moment to the next, goes from the heavens to the underworld.

34The Gurmukh contemplates the Naam, and is released. ||3||

35When God sends His Summons, there is no time to delay.

36When one dies in the Word of the Shabad, he lives in peace.

37Without the Guru, no one understands.

38The Lord Himself acts, and inspires all to act. ||4||

39Inner conflict comes to an end, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

40Through the Perfect True Guru, one is intuitively absorbed into the Lord.

41This wobbling, unsteady mind is stabilized,

42and one lives the lifestyle of true actions. ||5||

43If someone is false within his own self, then how can he be pure?

44How rare are those who wash with the Shabad.

45How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, live the Truth.

46Their comings and goings in reincarnation are over and done. ||6||